"I’m too busy focusing on Mom’s old watch. She was wearing it when her car sailed off the cliff two years ago, killing her on impact. Rain in December brings with it an unforeseen funeral. It rained most of December before she died."

"Boys are more dangerous for me than killing a cricket or having a bird fly into the house. You know this."

"He’s like one of his drawings. Maybe that’s why he jumps, to become who he used to be, even if it were only for a brief moment."